MAILONLINE LIVE BLOG: All the latest news, pictures and updates as Queen Elizabeth II begins her journey to London ahead of her funeral on September 19, which will be a bank holiday.
Even the youngest generation were moved to pay tribute - among them two-year-old twins Abigail and Arabella Glen at the gates of Hillsborough Castle in Northern Ireland.
A massive security operation was under way before most people had woken up, with police closing roads, erecting barriers and cones and carrying out security sweeps.